Making Natural Dyes

* Exported from MasterCook *

Making Natural Dyes

Recipe By : Key Gourmet CD Rom
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Crafts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Collect plants, moss, herbs, roots, nuts and so on. Chop a quantity of one of
these materials and put it through a meat grinder. Cover it with water and let
it stand overnight. Drain off the water the next morning and save it. Add a
little more water to the pulp and simmer for 30 minutes.

Drain off this water and add it to the first water. Add more water to cover f
abric.

You can get the following colors by processing one of these materials.

Brown - walnut shells Redbrown - onion leaves; bark Purple - blueberries; su
mac; peach leaves; moss Red - root and berry of the cactus Black - oak bark;
gum from pinon tree.

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